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About 1 of 4 teachers were using formal assessment protocols/tools to assess students’ assistive technology use

Among those most frequently used are the SETT Protocol and the Texas School for the Blind Assistive Technology Assessment Summary for Students with Visual Impairments

One teacher who used the Texas assessment also mentioned using the Georgia Project for Assistive Technology’s (n.d.) Assistive Technology Evaluation and the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiatives (2004) WATI Assistive Technology Checklist

Technologies are sometimes unreliable (e.g., not all formats work for internet-based text), take time to learn, and do not always accompany the student beyond the school walls (e.g., many students cannot bring AT devices home to assist with homework)

As statewide assessment policy is still in flux (Thurlow et al., 2006), it is important for research to continue in the area of technology-assisted reading to provide stakeholders with a clearer picture of the avenues that students with visual impairments take to access reading anddemonstrate their reading skills